The 8th Jutra Awards were held on March 19, 2006 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2005.[1] Nominations were announced on February 8.[2]
The Rocket (Maurice Richard) also received a record fourteen nominations, including all the "Big Five" categories, but ended up losing in every category, making it the film with the most nominations to win no awards. However, director Charles Binamé won the award for Best Documentary in a tie with Sylvie Groulx, the second time a tie happened in this category. They respectively won for Gilles Carle: The Untamable Mind and La Classe de Madame Lise.